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WorldTravel > Christopher  > Africa > Western Africa, February-April 2005
Solo trip. NYC-Casablanca-Dakhla, Western Sahara; then by land to Nouakchott (via Nouadhibou-Choum train and Adrar region); flight to Bamako; then overland through Mali to Burkina Faso (via Djenne, Mopti, Timbuktu); Burkina Faso to Niger (via Ouagadougou, Bani, Gorom Gorom and Dori); through Niger to Kano, Nigeria (via Tera, Niamey, Agadez and Zinder); flights to and stays in Lagos, Nigeria; Monrovia, Liberia; Freetown, Sierra Leone (and the peninsula); and Conakry, Guinea; overland to Guinea-Bissau (via Labe and Koundara); through Bissau and Ziguinchor, Senegal to Gambia; then Dakar, St. Louis and parts of Cape Verde. Great people, unfamiliar terrain and culture, and plenty to write home about.
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S.M., Air Mountains, Niger.  This was my guide--a very well-known personage in Agadez.
K., Air Mountains, Niger.  This was our cook.  He was not used to automobile travel so he was repeatedly carsick--at least it wasn't the food.  He kept his face covered almost all the time--I gather this is a matter of status.
Girl, Zinder, Niger.  I traveled the grueling road between Agadez and Zinder, a Hausa town to the south (maybe 18 hours in the middle seat of a middle row, with my knees up because I was over the spare).  But Zinder was worth every cramped minute, with its friendly people and interesting decorative style.
Hausa building detail, Zinder, Niger
Hausa building, Zinder, Niger
Kids, Zinder, Niger
Sultan's palace gatekeeper, Zinder, Niger.  The peculiar appearance of the door is due to the fact that each piece was contributed by a different smith as a tax.
Sleepy, Zinder, Niger
Men, Zinder, Niger
S.M., Air Mountains, Niger. This was my guide--a very well-known personage in Agadez.
S.M., Air Mountains, Niger.  This was my guide--a very well-known personage in Agadez.
S.M., Air Mountains, Niger. This was my guide--a very well-known personage in Agadez.
filename: 0366 Sidi Mohammed, Air Mountains, Niger |
Keywords: air mountains africa afrique niger west africa western africa sidi mohammed afrique de l'ouest
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